What sacrifices are you making for the good of your family and friends and neighbors? Here is what North Kona folks were doing. 1881.

THE INTENTIONS OF THE MAKAAINANA OF NORTH KONA, ISLAND OF HAWAII, FOR THE GOOD OF THE THRONE AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE.

We, the makaainana of the King, living in the district of North Kona, Hawaii island.

Through our Committee, humbly report that under the protection of the Law, for the life of the People and the good of the Throne of Hawaii. Continue reading

Quarantine (Hoomalu) notice by the government 140 years ago, 1880.

Board of Health, Notice!!

The following regulations of the Board of Health are still in force and notice is hereby given that San Francisco is considered a “port known to be infected with small pox.”

It is further ordered that all persons specially permitted to land from any vessels arriving from San Francisco in less than fifteen days passage, shall report in person to the port Physicians at least once a day, until a period of fifteen days, shall have elapsed since leaving San Francisco. Continue reading

Compulsory vaccination following the smallpox epidemic, 1854.

HE KANAWAI

E KOI AKU I KA O LIMA ANA A PUNI O KO HAWAII PAE AINA.

Aponoia la 10 o Augate, 1854.

No ka mea, ua maopopo, no ka nui o ka make i keia mai Puupuu liilii iho nei, he mea pono ke koi aku i na mea a pau malalo o keia Aupuni, e O lima lakou e pakele ai, nolaila,

E hooholoia, e ke Alii me na ‘Liii a me ka Poeikohoia o ko Hawaii Pae Aina, i akoakoa iloko o ka Ahaolelo kau Kanawai;

Pauku 1. I ka manawa oluolu mahope o ka hooholo ana i keia kanawai, e koho koke ke Kuhina Kalaiaina i eha mea makaukau, i Luna O lima, penei:

I hookahi no ka mokupuni o Hawaii.
I hookahi no na mokupuni o Maui, Molokai a o Lanai.
I hookahi no ka mokupuni o Oahu.
I hookahi no na mokupuni o Kauai a o Niihau. Continue reading

Kauikeaouli’s response to the epidemic, 1853.

KAMEHAMEHA III
PROCLAMATION

Whereas it has pleased Almighty God, the Ruler of Nations, and in whose hands are the destinies of all men, to send among Our people a malignant and infectious disease, called Small Pox [mai Puupuu Liilii], which is rapidly increasing, and threatens to spread throughout Our Islands and decimate the population; and whereas no human efforts can prove successful in arresting the progress of this fearful disease, without the Divine interposition: Continue reading

Notice calling for help to bury the dead, 1853.

NO. 5.—NOTICE.

WHEREAS, much difficulty is found in procuring aid to bury the dead, the Royal Commissioners of the Public Health hereby give notice that all able-bodied men, if recovered from the Small Pox, or already completely exposed thereto, are liable to be called on by them, by their Sub-Commissioners, by the Police, or by any of their agents, to render assistance in burying the dead, without remuneration. Any person so called on, refusing to assist, shall be liable to a fine, not exceeding 25 dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months. Continue reading